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Welcome, Melissa! As a professional beta reader, I can tell you that committing to finishing a project is one of the biggest steps a... -
diabolicalplotter reacted to El_d_ray's post in the thread How far do you go with worldbuilding? with
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I want an interesting idea for a setting, how this world works, what makes it stand out to me. Then I start build regarding this point... -
diabolicalplotter reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread How far do you go with worldbuilding? with Like.
Most stories start with an idea, right? An idea for a character, a world, a plot, but pretty much nobody thinks up all that in one...
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Hi Melissa! Welcome here
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Hello Melissa, Welcome to the site!
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diabolicalplotter replied to the thread How far do you go with worldbuilding?.Thank you! Am diving in... I agree with you there about story trumping world building. I think I may need to get over my need for...
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diabolicalplotter reacted to pmmg's post in the thread How far do you go with worldbuilding? with Like.
I have a loose framework, and let it grow organically from there. I am more interested in stories than world building. Story trumps...
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I'm curious about what others do for worldbuilding. Do you build out to the small details before writing, or do you have a loose...
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diabolicalplotter reacted to irinaabraham's post in the thread First chapter of a fantasy novel with sci-fi and fairytale elements... with Like.
I have been changing the first chapter over and over.... rewriting, reshuffling.... I am posting a couple of paragraphs from two...
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diabolicalplotter replied to the thread First chapter of a fantasy novel with sci-fi and fairytale elements....I like option 2 better as well. The setting description and interaction with the AI anchor you a bit more in the story than option one's...
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diabolicalplotter reacted to pmmg's post in the thread First chapter of a fantasy novel with sci-fi and fairytale elements... with Like.
I think both are pretty good. I like the second one better, as it accomplishes more of painting the world IMO, it does more of the heavy...
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diabolicalplotter replied to the thread Hello, all!.That's what I'm doing now, way beyond any point I've gone before with outlining. NOT outlining has clearly not worked so far, so...
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Outline. Put the ideas in order. Then write.
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That's really best advice there is.
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diabolicalplotter replied to the thread Hello, all!.We are looking at a good amount of snow overnight here. Fingers crossed! I always have solid ideas from beginning to end... sometimes I...